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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24
Notice to Prisoners.

We especially invite our friends in prison, to
send us original contributions, which. fmerituous
will be published as space permits, All articles
written and sent to for publication in THE
MIRROR, must be accompanied by the full name
of the writer (not necessarily for publication, but
as mark of good faith.) Write upon one side of
the paper only. Contributors are specially re-
quested to make their articles brief possible.
no continued articles, accepted. Rejected manu-
script will not be returned.
As is stated elsewhere in this paper. all ex-
changes will be distributed gratuously, hence you
will kindly pardon us, if an occasional item is
clipped from the columns OF the paper which you
receive as the editor of THE MIRROR reserves
the above priveledge. All communications for
publication. must be plainly addressed to. Editor
PRISON MIRROR.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24
a ~CURIOSITY.0

1t looks as though Warden stordock of the Still
water penitentiary was anxious to achieve all the
notOriety possible. Not satisfied with seeing his
name almost constantly in the daily papers. q
weekly has been established al the prison. Cole
Younger is paraded one of the curiOsities at
tached to the sheet
The above scurrulOus reference to War
den StOrdOcd is clipped from the TaylOrs
Falls Journal, a newspaper (:) which. we
should judge from it's appearance, to have
been daGbed with a mixture of kerosene
and lampblack and printed in an old wood
as ''curosity'' than anything else, mas
much as it is the first and only slur cast
upon THE MIRROR enterprise. out of 500
or 600 notices from the press of the whole
country, and to those acquainted with our
worthy warden needs no denial at our
hands. We will say, however, for the bene-
fit of the editor of the above journal, that
TIE MIRROR was not established. nor is it
to be run, for the laudatiOn of the present
prison administration. Reports of receipts.
expenses, improvements, ETC., will be pub
lished from time to time, which is probably
all the ''bOOming' the present Official incum-
bents will meet; it is all they will get at
the hands of TIE MIRROR, as such officials.
AS individuals. we shall exercise the right
of mentioning them when occasion pre-
sents.
The present editor of THE MIRROR had
nothing to do with it's origin, and it is not
necessary at this time to say anything in
regard to the object of the publication. 1t
was fully outlined by it's founder. Mr.. l..
p. SchOOnmaker, in its first issue, to whom
all credit should be given for its conception.
OF course its successful launching could
not have been accomplished without the
sanction and cooperation of Warden S.
He has never interfered in any manner
whatever with its management, except to
'kill'' several ''slop-Over'' articles. and
that, too. after the forms had gone to press.
1t IS but natural that those who feel that
they have been benefited by the kindness
and humane treatment of the present
officials of the prison, should wish in some
manner to express their gratitude. and it is
also true that some of the boys thought
that the columns of the TIE MIRROR was
the proper medium to do so. That is not
the case. as many have discovered to their
disappointment.
We do not blame the editor of the jour-
nal for being jealous of so neat and tidy
a production as TIE MIRROR, and if he
will pay us call when next he visits the
Prison City, we will gladly give him
few pointers on how to make even a
fifth-rate country newspaper presentable to
the public.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24

The inmates of the Minnesota peniten-
tiary have started a paper. If the senten-
ceS in its leading articles are as long as
those of its inmates, suspicion will be
the sheet. Town.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24

BY some hook or crook they have got a
penitentiary. He has started newspaper
called THE PRISON MIRROR, which is
very neatly gotten up geographically and
edited with ability, considering the disad-
vantages under which the editor must neces-
sarly labor. WinnebagO City Press News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24

The Globes prize baby lot was drawn by
Maud Aleen Thomas, of Willow Lake
township. Dakota. She is two months Old,
and will have $4,000 lot to endOw her
future lord with when she arrives at wo-
mans estate. SO says the Globe.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24
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1t is hereby announced that every officer in con-
nection with his institution, (whO will kindly
sist u.s. is an agent for THE PRISON MIRROR
and is fully authorized to receive and solicit sub
scrItons for same. from any and all sources
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24

THE MIRROH still belongs to the original
stockholders. but will soon become the ex-
elusive property of the prison library, in
which interest it was started
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-24
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MIRROR. is devoted to our Prison Library.
Subscribe at once, and thus aid us in our vOlun-
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saltwater, Minnesota.
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Young. Old, and Middle Aged i'm all parts of the
country, to act agents for THE PRISON MIR
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men copies furnished free.
For further information,
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Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

here has been changed to the Geo.
w. Brazdall Lodge, after the M. W
Past Grand Master of thes state
Twelve gasoline lamps NV light
up the streets of ID c-tar but very
imperfectly. twenty more of the lamp
have been ordered.
Mrs. Cornelia Brad, ord Of Hunts
vile was down Wednesday visiting
her d: ughter.
Our ente rprising citiz Mr.. Robi
Chordavoyne is back from a trip 10
Huntssiile. MIR. Charda o, ne is do
ing good business at bis gr ,cery sic 9
and owns his own store house.
Mr.. Jack Walden supplies d. catur
with fresh meats. He has refuse d
an cffer OF $4,000 for his city prol er-
ty.
MIR. A. J. Carpenter has had Il 9
sad misfortune to LOSE his infant chi d
recently, and this evening buried his
brother Pompey Brandon.
"New Town" the western part OF
Decatar which has been recently laid
out in lots is being bought up rapidly
lots 150x50awhich sold last week for
5 300 now being 5000. As surveyed
it will have fine park and other
attractions.
The principal street will be called
Gordon avenue, down which will run
street car from the river and
through Decatur proper. This line
is under contract to be completed by
April 1st. A large number Of resi-.
dences are der contract to be built
in New Town,
Our enterprising townsmsn Mr..
Burrel Lemons proprietor OF LEMONS
Colored Hotel, has neen made an ex-
ira policeman by the City Council /,
As the vigllant Hotel boss has got o
make his first arrest. you may judge
how good Decatur is.
Aid Chas. 2. Sy kes has bee n made
collector for the City colored schoo',
which now has an enrollm mt of 112
under the present afficient manage,
ment The school will continue
three months longer.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

California furnishes in the person
of Hon Leland Stanford the richest
U. @. oouulor. His fortune Is put
down in round numbers at $50 900.
600. Senator Sherman is estimated
to be worth $2.O0O.OOO. Senator
Brown, of Georgia, can draw his check
for. 100000. He is as rich
as most all the other Southern SEN
ators combined.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05
Decatur.
Notes, Personals and Hap
peningss

The boom has revived.
Geo. Burt is very i'll.
A parsonage is being erected to the
M. E. church.
DR.. A. 8. Lakin Presiding Elder
makes bis headquarters here.
Andy Pruitt aged 40 years died
here last week.
Barber shops do their heaviest bus
iness here on Sundays.
Sam Wiggins, cold. has been civ.
en- the position Of City Lampliehter
The City has ordered the employ
ment of an Assistant teacher In the
City colored school.
Messrs Willis Byum and N. T. Tis.
dale have opened Confectionery and
Restaurant on Bank St.
Master James Sykes makes an eff
cient clerk behind the counters of
Sykes l. Walden's.
The name of Swan Lake Lodge IT
D. A. F. & A. NJ. recently set mn
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

Speaking against the Crop Lien
Law the Montgomery Advertiser
says =
"This law. worse than pestilence
or famine, which are temporary evils,
keeps up from year to year that night
mare of prosperity, all cotton farm
ing. SO sad, SO destructive, so de-
grading has been its results in max
ing the farmer the mere serf to the
money lender Of the cross road and
the town, that we welcome with a
shout such relief as a foreign. NOR
tagage holder gives. What must be
said OF a system that has brought us
to such pass that foreign money
on mortgages at from II to Is per
cent is like cool water to parched
lips p
Now is the Lien law the cause or
the effect? We take it that it's mara.
ly the effect Of the present system OF
''all cotton farming" which the ADJ
vertiser appropriately the "night.
mare of prosperity" Let the cause
be removed, and the effect drops
to the ground. But We can not well
get rid of the effect while the cause
remains in active force.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

President Cleveland 10 consistent.
After twice nominating Matthews for
Recorder of Deeds in the District of
Columbia he nominates for . third
time q colore1 citizen James Monroe
Trotter. The new nominee residesat
Hpde Park, Mas and is author Of
the very popular book "Music and
Some Highly Musical People" He
.erved with obstruction in the late
war. being promoted from Private
to Lieutenant for bravery on the
field. His party affiliations more re-
Gently have been with the Democrats.
In his determined effort to succeed
Douglass with a coloIed man the
President displays his characteris-
tics Of frourage and LIBERTY.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The woman murderess Mrs. Druse
who some years ago killed her hus-
band and cremated bis remains in her
kitchen stove, employing her children
eight hours in keeping up the fire,
expiated her horrible crime on the
pallows at Herkimer, NY. Monday
last at L DON. The hanging was pri-
vate, but the town was thronged with
people.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The Fiftleth Congress will be the
the first exclusively white Congress
TO convene since the Reconstruction
era. It will not remain so long how
sver,if Congress 6malls who will con-
test Elliots seat from the South Car
olina District now represented by
himself, gets justice. This District
has an overwhelming black majority
and it's Negro Representative has
only been cheated ont of his seat by
the most open and barefacsd fraud.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

of the genius of colored man, but
not because | honor the character of
the man himself.
have seen much here in Paris in
the way ofancient and modern sculpt-
ure and painting which his deeply
intereted me. Louvre and the I.uxa
emboring abound in them. | have
long been interested ia ethnclogy.
especially of the North Af,i lean races.
| have wanted the evidence Of great
ness under colored skin, to meet
and beat back tie charge of natur-
aboriginal and permanent interiority
of the colored races of men. Could |
have seen forty years ago what I
have now seen. I should have been
much better fortified to meet the
Motifs and the Gliddens OF America
in their arguments against tie Ne
gro as part of the great African
race. knowledge on this subject
comes to me late, but l hope not too
late to be of some service for the
battle at this point is not yet fought
out, and the victory is not yet woy..
Yesterday, through the kind Of
flies of MIR. Theodore Station vic
procured tickets for us, I had the
the pleasure. with MIN and Mr.
Douglass. Of sitting iu the forward
part OF the gallery of the French
Honse Of Deputies. and listening tc
that august body, answering to our
House Of Representatives, but with
power more enlarged. 1t present..
ed a fine appearance, and, though
somewhat noisy, it was in point Of
manners an Improvement on our
House of Representatives. l saw nc
one squirting tobacco, smoking, OF
his feet above the levil of his head, as
Is sometimes seen in our Nation al
Legislature.
Colored faces are in Paris. / some,
times get sight of one or two in the
course of days ramble. They are
here as students, and make a very
respectable appearance. l met the
other 6ay,at the house of Pere Hya-
cinthe, a Mr. Janvier. of Hayti, a
young man Of the color Of our WELL
remembered friend, Samuel r Ward
who is one of the finest scholars and
most refined gentlemen in Paris.
was very much delighted to ind such
a noble specimen Of the possibilities
at the eoloreI race, and to find him
SO highly appreciated by cultivate d
ladies and gentlemen of Paris. If 8
race can produce one such man, it car
produce many.-Nsw York Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

Washington special to Boston Her
aid, says that Congressman Randolph
Tucker, has been offered and declined
the Turkish nilsson, and will in all prob
ability be one of the Interstate Com
missioners..
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

Down south where playful breezes
stay among perpetual flowers, the good
people do not enjoy an immunity from
coughs, colds and diseases oil throat and
lungs, for which they find relief by using
Coussens Honey of Tar. This is the fans
lily remedy in that section as well as in
the North, because of its undoubted vir.
tues as cough medicine. Just try it,
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The Democratic party is going to
survive Cleveland.-Age.
All ahem And the Republican
part- be at the funeral of each.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The Democratic party of Alabama
has rough breakers ahead when The
issues Of protection and free trade
shall be squarely presented before
the people. The protection interests
grow with the boom and will
be felt more and more as the current
Of progress sweeps on.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The Weekly Mercury "Wednesday
printed mammoth edition, in tie
interest of Huntsville The Mercury
shows commeu liable enterprise and
push and is accomplishing much good
in awakening up business and enter.
prises here.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The general Assembly reached its
fiftieth day Monday last, and expired
by constitutional limitation. Some
of its work is highly commendable:
some of it open n to severecensure.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05
The Weekly GraDhir

There is hardly a Post-oifice in The Ill.,,
States where at lest few copies a. llN
received each week by srbSnriI a't h0
1t embrances the Best Features of Mn.
GRAPHIC, pictorial aud literary, for the 's n,o DA
ing six days. 1t is the largest tirst.clsiE Ee%}tt n.y.
trated Weekly issued, is sold for half I'M nlS
OF its rivals, contains the latest news and F's
ket reports, and is acquiring pheuomcps 'a Il
eulation. ia e.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The anti-polygamy and trade dollar
bills, being in the Presidents hands for
ten days and not signed or vetoed, will
become laws by operation of law.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

THE house bill authorizing the cons
struction OF railroad bridge over the
Tennessee river at or near Sheffield, Ala,
passed the Senate in Congress Thursday
niUht
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

Stanley the great African explorer,
is moving into the interior Of Africa
with 700 men in search Of Emin
Bey.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

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fori One OF the reasons for the great popularity Of
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The Mechanic needs 1t always on bis work
bench.
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Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

INTERESTING letters from Jack Ds "
and Initial, crowded out this week,
will appear next week.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

Once more the Halls Of Congress
slumber in peace.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05

The people want more business
and less politics.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-05
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-10
LEGAL.
In the Superior Court

AF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN
" and for the county of Los Angeles. C. d.
Platt plaintiff, VS.. c.. X. Giles, defendant.
Action brought in the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the county OF
Los Angeles, and the complaint fled in
said county of Los Angeles, In the Office of
the Clerk of said Superior Court The peO-
pie of the State of California send greeting
to c: X, Giles, defendant You are hereby
required to, appear In an actien brought
against you by the above named plaintiff, in
the Superior Court in the State of Cali
fornia, in and for the county of Los Angeles.
and to answer the complaint filed therein,
within ten days exclusive of the day OF
service) after the service on you of this sum-
mons, If served within this county; or If
served elsewhere, within thirty days, or
judgment by default will be taken against
you according to the prayer of said COM
plant. The said action is brought to obtain
the judgment Of this Court against you, the
said defendant, in the sum of $3O64, said
sum being balance due plaintiff herein
from defendant, for services as compensa-
tending the sale of certain stock of goods
placed in the hands of Platt & Berman, by
said c. X. Giles, defendant herein, for prl-
vate sale or at public auction, as to them
by reference to the complaint herein, with
interest on said sum of $3O64, from March
1st, 1884, and for cost of suit Reference Is
had to complaint for particulars. And you
are hereby nOtiIeu tnat II you Iail " appear
and answer the said complaint, az above re-
Quired, the said plaintiff will cause your de-
fault to be entered and will take judgment
against you for $3O64, with interest as af0re-
said and for costs of suit.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
Superior Court OF the State of Cali
~ fornia, in and for the. county of
{sp., Los Angeles, this 26th day of Feb
DEAL ruary, in the year of Our Lord
~ one thousand eight hundred and
eighty y-seven.
c. H. DUNSMOOR, Clerk.
BY A. N. HAMILTON, Deputy.
Howard & Roberts, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
eep3O-6t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-10
An Ordinance

DROHIBITING ALL PERSONS LEADING.
l. riding or driving horses, mules, hogs,
sheep or animals, or cattle of any kind in a
vehicle, or otherwise, faster than walk
across any county bridge in Los Angeles
county, Cal.
Passed by the following vote:
Ayes-Supervisors T. E. Rowan, Oscar Ma
cy, VIM. t. Martin, J. w. Venable, Jacob
Ross
Noes-None.
The Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles
county do ordain as follows:
Sec. l. No person shall lead, ride or drive
any horse, mule, hogs, sheep or any animal
or cattle of any kind whatever faster than q
walk across any of the bridges of Los An
geles county.
Sec. 2. Any person violating the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall be fined ten dol
lars for such violation, and the same shall
be recoverable as in cases of other petty
misdemeanors under the law of this State.
Sec. B. This ordinance shall take effect
upon october 20, 1887, and shall, prior to
that date, be published for one week in the
Los Angeles Daily HERALD and Los Angeles
Daily Times, newspapers published in said
county, together with the names of the
members of this board voting for and against
the same.
tSeal] T. Z. ROWAN,
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Los
Angeles county, Cal.
c. H, DUNsMooR, Clerk. 90 1t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-10
In The SUPERIOR COURT.

nF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
" State of California; Probate. In the
matter of the estate and guardianship of
Agnes Mary Bennett and James Henry Ben
nett Minors. Order to show cause on appli-
cation of guardian for order Of sale of real
estate. .
1t appearing to this Court from the petit
tion presented and filed by Mary A. Bennett,
the guardian of the persons and estates of
Agnes Mary Bennett and James Henry Ben
nett, minors, praying for an order of sale of
certain real estate belonging to her said
wards, that 1t would be beneficial to the said
wards and each of them that such real es-
tate should be sold:
/ 1t is hereby ordered, that the next of kin
of said wards and all persons interested in
the said estate, appear before this Court on
Monday the 9TH day of November, 1887, at
10 o'clock A. NJ, at the Court Room of this
Court, wherein Hon. w. P. Gardner. one of
the Judges thereof presides, at the Jones
Block in the Cit Of Los Angeles, in the
County of Los Angeles, then and there TO
show cause why an order should not be
granted for the sale of such estate:
And it is further ordered, that copy of this
order be published at least once week for
three successive weeks before the said day of
hearing, in the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD,
newspaper printed and published in said
County of Los Angeles. ..
Judge of the Superior Court.
Dated October 5th, 1887. oct6 32t